AS Saint Etienne

Lyon President Aulas reacts to Claude Puel being hired by St Étienne: “I hope they didn’t do this just to beat us.”

Speaking to reporters at a basketball event, Lyon President Aulas was invited to react to the fact that Claude Puel had been appointed manager of rivals St Étienne, a coach that Aulas worked with at OL from 2008 to 2011. … Read more »

Official | Claude Puel appointed St Étienne boss

St Étienne have this afternoon confirmed the appointment of Claude Puel as the club’s new manager on 3-season deal until June 2022. Puel is joined by loyal assistant Jacky Bonnevay, as ASSE also appoint Xavier Thuilot as their new Director … Read more »

Claude Puel set to become St Étienne boss this afternoon

L’Équipe report that Claude Puel will sign a 3-year deal with St Étienne when he arrives in Le Forez this afternoon. Current boss Ghislain Printant took training this morning, but talks appear to have finally unblocked with the ex-Leicester, Southampton, … Read more »

Claude Puel agrees to become St Étienne boss in principle

Canal Plus report this evening that St Étienne and Claude Puel have reached an agreement for the ex-Leicester City, OGC Nice and Southampton manager to fulfil the same role from the beginning of next week on a contract running for … Read more »

St Étienne have demanded Ghislain Printant to depart his post as manager

L’Équipe report that St Étienne President Roland Romeyer this morning called under pressure manager Ghislain Printant to a meeting, which additionally meant that the latter individual did not oversee today’s training session. The outlet claims that in this meeting Romeyer … Read more »

Besiktas to loan Abdoulay Diaby from Sporting Portugal, no move for Loïs Diony

Yahoo Sport FR report that French forward Loïs Diony’s proposed season-long loan move to Turkish side Besiktas has fallen through. Instead, the Turks will land Sporting Portugal’s 28-year-old attacker on a 12 month loan spell instead, bringing an end to … Read more »